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Use this web site to answer the following questions.
**http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/weather/clouds.html**

1. What are clouds? clouds are millions of mist and ice particles
2. Explain how clouds form. When air cools below its saturation point
3. What are the 3 "families" of clouds and what do their Latin names mean?cirrus=curl of hair cumula=heap stratus=layer
4. Follow the links to learn about each type of cloud and then complete the table.


Cloud Type
Description
Possible Weather
Cirrus
Curly, six miles high.
a sighn of rain
Altocumulus
A thin sheet.
rain or snow
Nimbostratus
Solid gray spread out.
rainstorm
Cumulus
Cotton ball
rain
Cumulonimbus
Puffy dark
hail, thunder, rain


To help you identify clouds, download, print and construct the following "Cloud Key".
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/cloudkey.pdf

After completing the chart, you could try a Cloud Quiz at;
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/animations/cloudzstart.shtml